Valley Springs hopefuls to speak

Sunday

Sep 21, 2008 at 12:01 AM

The Record

VALLEY SPRINGS - Candidates to represent Valley Springs on the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors will answer questions about land use planning and other issues during the next meeting of the Greater Valley Springs Advisory Group, 7 p.m. Thursday at Community United Methodist Church, 135 Laurel St., Valley Springs.

The public is invited.

The candidates on the Nov. 4 ballot for Calaveras County District 1, which includes Valley Springs and San Andreas, are Zerrall McDaniel, who owns small businesses in the two towns; and Gary Tofanelli, a Burson resident who owns a steel company in Stockton. Both candidates will be on hand, according to the Greater Valley Springs Advisory Group.

The Greater Valley Springs Advisory Group is an ad-hoc group formed to ensure the voices of Valley Springs residents are heard as county officials make long-term decisions about how and where new growth will happen in the area.

The Calaveras County General Plan is being revised, and Valley Springs also recently received more than $200,000 from the California Department of Transportation to create a community plan.

In addition to the question-and-answer session with the candidates, volunteers at Thursday's meeting will help stuff envelopes to mail a survey about community planningto the 5,600 households in the greater Valley Springs area.

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